Latest publications
- Asian Water Development Outlook 2013. Measuring Water Security in Asia and the Pacific
- Asian Development Bank (ADB). March 2013
- This second edition of the Asian Water Development Outlook (AWDO) provides a quantitative and comprehensive view of water security in the countries of Asia and the Pacific. By focusing on critical water issues, AWDO 2013 provides finance and planning leaders with recommendations on policy actions to improve water governance and guidance on investments to increase their country's water security. AWDO 2013 is presented in three parts. - Part I introduces the five key dimensions of water security and presents the combination of indicators for assessment of nati...[Read full description]
- Geographical coverage (region): Asia, Pacific Islands
- Main themes: Disaster prevention, Disasters, Drought, Environment, Floods, Hygiene, Resilience, Risk management, Sanitation, Urban areas, Urbanization, Water governance, Water policy, Water quality, Water security, Water supply
- Syria's Children: A lost generation? Crisis report March 2011-March 2013
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). March 2013
- Two years into the conflict in Syria, children are paying the heaviest price. The affected population estimates made in late 2012 speak for themselves: of the 4 million affected people inside Syria, almost 2 million are children, and of the 2 million displaced, 800,000 are children. Basic infrastructure and public services are being systematically destroyed. Water availability is a third of what it was before the crisis. Children and women in shelters are more exposed to unsanitary conditions, including unsafe drinking water and a lack of water for personal h...[Read full description]
- Geographical coverage (region): Asia
- Main themes: Children, Conflicts, Refugees, Vulnerability, Vulnerable groups
- Advancing Agroforestry on the Policy Agenda. A guide for decision-makers
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). February 2013
- Agroforestry sustains livelihoods, alleviates poverty and promotes productive, resilient agricultural environments. In addition, when practised at scale, it can enhance ecosystems through carbon storage, prevention of deforestation, biodiversity conservation, cleaner water and erosion control while enabling agricultural lands to withstand events such as floods, drought and climate change. The guidelines presented in this report are aimed primarily at all those involved in making policies at national and regional levels, such as decision-makers, civil servants...[Read full description]
- Geographical coverage (region): Global
- Main themes: Agriculture, Agroforestry, Traditional knowledge
- Africa Environment Outlook-3. Our Environment, Our Health. Summary for policy makers
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). February 2013
- The Africa Environment Outlook (AEO) is a tool of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) for monitoring environmental management in Africa. This issue (AEO-3) focuses on the linkages between environment and health. The AEO-3 report begins by highlighting the major drivers of environmental change in Africa and their implications for human health. It also assesses environment and health linkages in the region by focusing on seven priority themes: air quality; biodiversity; chemicals and waste; climate change and variability; coastal and ...[Read full description]
- Geographical coverage (region): Africa
- Main themes: Biodiversity, Environment, Health, Millennium Development Goals (MDG), Sanitation, Water availability, Water supply
- Deforestation Trends in the Congo Basin: Reconciling Economic Growth and Forest Protection
- World Bank. February 2013
- This study analyzes the current and future pressures exerted by different sectors of the economy on Congo Basin forests, and highlights policy options to limit deforestation while pursuing inclusive, green growth. Emerging environmental finance mechanisms, such as reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) under the climate change negotiations, may provide additional resources to help countries protect their forests. The structure of this report is as follows: - Chapter 1 gives an overview of the forests of the Congo Basin, includin...[Read full description]
- Geographical coverage (region): Africa
- Main themes: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Ecosystem services, Ecosystems, Forests, Green economy, Land degradation, Livelihoods, Mining, Sustainable development